The Major Pentatonic ... of the G Major Pentatonic scale. As with the previous piece, you could substitute the middle second of your picking hand with upstrokes using a guitar pick if preferred.

Bar 7 moves from the vi (six minor) chord, Bm, to the IV (four), G. Over Bm, I play notes from the B minor pentatonic scale (B, D, E, F#, A), which is made up of the same notes as D major pentatonic.

The CAGED chord ... the pentatonic pattern because I’m thinking about how I might embellish a G chord, rather than playing ...

Unlike chords, scales are played one note at a time. You should be able to see that the C major pentatonic scale uses all the notes from a C chord, plus a couple of extras. Play through the chord and ...

There are few guitar solos in soul music and if there is a solo, it is simple, rhythmic, and melodic. This style of playing doesn’t utilize scales ... chords. He takes two notes of a G major ...